Our dedicated careers team is ready and available to help you realise your potential through a wealth of opportunities beyond your core studies.

Cowes Sixth Form is delighted to have been presented with the prestigious Quality in Careers Standards award, in recognition of the wide range of career programmes and support offered to students. Our dedicated careers team is ready and available to help you realise your potential through a wealth of opportunities beyond your core studies. 

Shaping your future doesn’t start from the moment you leave sixth form, it begins right now. Whether you are secure in your direction or are unsure about where your studies might take you, our careers team can help you on your journey. 

Through our strong links with business and highly valued reputation in industry, we provide numerous opportunities to help you realise your potential. We tailer a bespoke careers education for you to ensure you receive the opportunities, experiences and skills development to take you closer to your dream future.

We attract a large variety of universities, employers and apprenticeship providers to our campus through our extensive programme of careers fairs, networking and events, including our STEM-based Science Festival. Our strong employability links with key employers such as GKN, BAE, the Armed Services and the NHS give you an advantage when it comes to enriching your studies. The opportunity is a platform for you to show-case what you can do and discover who you could be.

At Cowes Sixth Form we recognise that getting excellent qualifications goes way beyond lesson time, it is about hands-on experience too. By undertaking extensive careers education and advice, dynamic work experience opportunities and forging network links with local business and enterprise, you can develop skills in the workplace alongside your learning. We ensure you are fully informed by providing independent careers advice through our close relationships with independent careers services and university networks.